Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
2 items: 14-pp. transcript of taped interview, Bassett with Waldo Drake, 4/26/1973 - Drake started with LAT in 1922, and started on the "waterfront beat," in later years was a foreign correspondent ; letter, 5/3/1973, Drake to Bassett, thanking Bassett for a transcript of the interview that was sent to him, Drake.
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Correspondence and clips related to Peggy Hamilton. Also a duplicate of an interview with James Bassett, 23-pp. stapled, in which Hamilton describes working many years with Los Angeles Times ("I was not an employee") starting in 1921. She is described at top of page one as "Miss Peggy Hamilton, former fashion editor of the Los Angeles Times," taped 8/29/1973. 23-pp. transcript of 1973 interview with Peggy Hamilton ; clipping, Herald-Examiner, 10/24/1975, article about Peggy Hamilton ; clipping, LAT, 7/3/1933, photo essay, "Air races provide thrills and speed..." includes one photo which includes Peggy Hamilton ; several small pieces of paper related to Bassett-Hamilton interview - two small lined sheets are handwritten from Patt Morrison (LAT writer) to "Craig," likely Craig St. Clair, early archivist at the History Center.
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1 item: 15-pp. transcript of interview of Peter Bunzel by Bassett, 10/21/1975. Bunzel was Editor of West magazine, starting in 1971.
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4 items: 23-pp. transcript (pp. 12 - 15 missing) of interview with Murray Chotiner (politics, Republican insider) ; trimmed page from previously mentioned interview ; typed sheet with handwritten notes of "Chotiner Q(uestions)s" ; letter, 9/24/1973, to Bassett from Murray Chotiner.
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4 items: 18-pp. transcript of interview of "Bill" Bradshaw by Jim Bassett, titled "...Taping with William Bradshaw, ret., who had been administrative assistant to Harry Chandler before World War II," taped on 7/5/1973 ; letter, 9/25/1973, to James Bassett from "Bill" Bradshaw, on aspects of the book project research ; undated sheet, signed "Bill Bradshaw," with additional information related his memories of working for Harry Chandler ; envelope for the 1973 letter, addressed to Bassett containing Bradshaw's return address.
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Approx. 10 items: several letters exchanged between Bassett and Robert Donovan ; 2-pp. (yellow) of "Questions for Bob Donovan" ; 13-pp. of responses to previous questions, Donovan to Bassett, 9/1975 ; newspaper and magazine article copies about Donovan ; single-sheet "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Donovan, n.d. ; 24-pp. transcript of interview, by Bassett, of Donald Douglas, Sr., 1/8/1973 ; 14-pp. transcript of - "...taping with Waldo Drake," 4/26/1973, who started on Los Angeles Times in 1922 on the waterfront "beat" and later became a foreign correspondent ; 6-pp. transcript of "conversation with Mrs. Wilma Drake, former Administrative Asst. to Mr. Norman Chandler." Original correspondence between Donald Douglas and Bassett removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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